FIR against Jagan: Rebel MLAs to meet Guv, Speaker

HYDERABAD: Legislators, who quit in support of Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, would meet Andhra Pradesh Assembly Speaker and Governor tomorrow to urge them to accept their resignations.

"The MLAs would meet Speaker and also Governor. We will tell the Governor about the attempts to defame late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in the FIR (of CBI over its probe into cases related to Jagan). Though the Governor is not concerned with resignations, we would like to tell him about it," rebel Congress MLA P Subhash Chandra Bose, who too has submitted his resignation, told reporters after a meeting with Jagan here.

Twenty-six MLAs, including two from TDP and one from erstwhile Praja Rajyam, had resigned from their posts in protest against the alleged inclusion of Rajasekhara Reddy's name in the CBI's FIR.

Asserting that there is no threat to its government with the resignation of MLAs, the ruling Congress had said there was no need to persuade them to take back their resignations.

Alleging that the action of MLAs in support of Jagan amounted to supporting corruption, state Congress president Botsa Satyanarayana had asked the legislators to get their resignations accepted.

Meanwhile, Jagan is likely to go to Delhi tomorrow. He is likely to meet leaders of different parties to tell them about the "politically-motivated" CBI probe into the corruption cases, party sources said.